Seem to be hitting a snag.

[Nathanael Nunes]

I am atempting to install debian on a 486.  It seems to work fine execpt
for the networking part.  While booting up it sais NE200 Detected and
that it is using IRQ 9.  Then It starts to inform me that the network is
unreachable.  It does this for any ping or DNS search.  Anything that
anyone could recomend that I check?  I was provided IP numbers for use
on the machine.  I am a bit confused as to what the loop back setings
are for.  
Any sujestions welcome.  Thanks.